A major telecommunications company started a demonstration experiment with a nursing facility in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture from the 14th, in order to commercialize a service that AI = artificial intelligence detects the fall of the elderly and notifies the staff of the nursing facility. I was allowed to.
In this demonstration experiment, a major telecommunications company "NTT Communications" started with a special nursing home for the elderly in Tendo City in an attempt to quickly grasp the fall of the elderly and clarify the cause.
In the demonstration experiment, smartphones with a dedicated application were installed in 7 rooms in the facility, and when a resident fell, it was verified whether AI would detect the movement and accurately notify the smartphone of the facility staff. increase.
On the 14th, a person in charge of a telecommunications company visited a long-term care facility and explained to the staff of the facility how to use the app and how to be notified in the event of a fall.
Employees will be notified of multiple images taken before the fall, so they will be able to understand the cause of the fall, and in consideration of privacy, the entire image can be blurred.
Mr. Nobu Shimokawa, Deputy Director of the special nursing home for the elderly "Tsurukame no En" who cooperated with the experiment, said, "There are some parts of the facility that cannot be seen, and there are many fall accidents at those places. I think it will also reduce the burden. "
In addition, Ryotaro Takeba, chief of the AI promotion department of NTT Communications, said, "I want to be able to commercialize it in March next year. I also want to be able to use it not only in nursing care facilities but also in the homes of elderly people living alone." Was there.